The Old Crowd was one of the six plays written by Alan Bennett for London Weekend Television. This chapter discusses the collaboration of Bennet and Lindsay Anderson in the adaptation of The Old ...
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The Old Crowd was one of the six plays written by Alan Bennett for London Weekend Television. This chapter discusses the collaboration of Bennet and Lindsay Anderson in the adaptation of The Old Crowd into film. It also discusses the promotion of the film, the critical reaction of viewers and Anderson's reactions to the critics.Less

The Old Crowd (1979)

John IzodKarl MageeKathryn HannanIsabelle Gourdin-Sangouard

Published in print: 2012-08-02

The Old Crowd was one of the six plays written by Alan Bennett for London Weekend Television. This chapter discusses the collaboration of Bennet and Lindsay Anderson in the adaptation of The Old Crowd into film. It also discusses the promotion of the film, the critical reaction of viewers and Anderson's reactions to the critics.

Conservative revisionists such as John Charmley and Alan Clark argued that the Battle of Britain had been a mistake, and that the country would have been better off in terms of global power and ...
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Conservative revisionists such as John Charmley and Alan Clark argued that the Battle of Britain had been a mistake, and that the country would have been better off in terms of global power and influence if Winston Churchill had not rejected peace overtures from Adolf Hitler. However, traditional conservatives, among others, saw the memory of the Finest Hour as part of the national heritage and an important component in national identity that ought to be celebrated rather than contemptuously discarded. It was therefore perhaps no coincidence that much more was made of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle by the Royal Air Force and in the press than had been the case for some time, and that in the early 1990s, the long-delayed Battle of Britain Memorial was finally was built near Folkestone. A Perfect Hero would be a co-production of the new Nigel Havers company, Havahall Pictures, working with London Weekend Television. James Cellan Jones was to produce the television series.Less

The Fighter Boys: A Perfect Hero (1991)

S. P. MacKenzie

Published in print: 2007-05-30

Conservative revisionists such as John Charmley and Alan Clark argued that the Battle of Britain had been a mistake, and that the country would have been better off in terms of global power and influence if Winston Churchill had not rejected peace overtures from Adolf Hitler. However, traditional conservatives, among others, saw the memory of the Finest Hour as part of the national heritage and an important component in national identity that ought to be celebrated rather than contemptuously discarded. It was therefore perhaps no coincidence that much more was made of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle by the Royal Air Force and in the press than had been the case for some time, and that in the early 1990s, the long-delayed Battle of Britain Memorial was finally was built near Folkestone. A Perfect Hero would be a co-production of the new Nigel Havers company, Havahall Pictures, working with London Weekend Television. James Cellan Jones was to produce the television series.